This three day course aimed at ST 2-3 is designed to teach trainees in plastic and orthopaedic surgery, safe surgical techniques in dealing with hand trauma, with emphasis on soft tissue injuries.

Content

Day one
Anaesthetics and soft tissues
Local and regional blocks
Compartment syndrome
Applied anatomy
Incision for common access and exposure
Finger tip
Thumb and prox digit
Hand and wrist

Day two
Nerve and bone
Applied anatomy
Nerve access and repair plus graft 
Physiology of bone healing
Fracture fixation

Day three
Tendon and joint
Applied anatomy and healing 
Flexor tendon repair and rehabilitation
PIPJ hyperextension injury
Thumb abduction injury
Ulna collateral injury
Fusion of DIPJ

Format
High faculty: participant ratio
Practical skills training using cadavers, simulators and plastic bones 
Lectures
Videos

Link
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/education/courses/basic_course_in_hand_surgery.html